M. K. Prasad
Indian environmentalist (1932–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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M. K. Prasad (1932 – 17 January 2022)[lower-alpha 1] was an Indian environmentalist known for his grassroots level activism to protect tropical rainforests in the Indian state of Kerala. In the late 1970s, as a member of Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, he led the Save Silent Valley movement, to prevent development of a hydroelectric project in the Silent Valley National Park, a project that would have flooded the rainforest.
M. K. Prasad | |
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Born | 1932 |
Died | 17 January 2022 (age 89–90) Kochi, Kerala, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Scientific career | |
Fields | environment, nature, biodiversity |
He was a principal of the Maharaja’s College Ernakulam, Kochi, and pro vice chancellor of Calicut University. Earlier, as a part of KSSP, he had contributed to the national literacy mission which had resulted in his native Ernakulam district being declared the first fully literate district in the country.